P. J. Alling wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: > >> In practice, the 'Green Button'/AE-lock hack on the DSLR's is simple and >> easy to use. You always set aperture on the lens for non-A lenses, and >> either hit the AE-Lock (Green Button on D/K10D) and it immediately sets >> an appropriate shutter speed or you use the DoF preview to get a >> metering readout. I usually do the former and it works very well. >> >> Av mode is usable with adaptor-mounted glass (since that is stop-down on >> any K mount body and doesn't have the aperture coupling either) or >> wide-open with pre-A glass. The latter is surprisingly useful for a >> serious low-light shooter like me. >> >> Frankly working with MF glass on the K100D is less hassle than using the >> same glass on my MX (Or any other purely manual body). >> >> -Adam >> >> >> > I'm getting tired of you saying this, you obviously don't understand, or > choose to ignore the limitations of light meters. >
I fully understand the limitations. And I work around them. And I shoot with the AE-Lock hack all the time, even in rather low light. It works just fine 90% of the time, and when it doesn't is typically when the MX would be out of it's metering range anyways (The LX on the other hand would still be well within its range). You may be getting tired of me saying this, but that doesn't change the fact that it accurately describes my experience with the hack, on both the *istD and now the K100D (I will note the K100D seems to have a more linear meter response at the low end, the D did run into issues with stop down metering in very low light (1 second or longer shutter speeds at ISO 400 or so). And yes, I find it to be less hassle overall than using the shutter speed dial on the MX, or the LX in manual mode. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
